Michael Sweeny

Michael has over 20 years of experience in investment management and serves as a Managing Director for Client Portfolio Management and a member of the Investment Committee. In this role, Michael helps set the firm’s overall investment strategy, communicates that strategy to clients, implements investment programs across client portfolios, and plays a key role in new business development.. Michael came to SCS via its acquisition of Matheys Lane Capital Management (MLCM), where he served as Chief Investment Officer overseeing asset allocation, investment research, and client portfolios for the firm.

Prior to joining MLCM, Michael was a Partner and Portfolio Manager at HighVista Strategies, where he oversaw internal and external investment strategies for the firm’s endowment-style funds. Michael’s responsibilities included both direct investments and partnerships with third party managers in both public and private markets. Before HighVista, Michael spent nearly a decade as an analyst/portfolio manager in the hedge fund industry, first for Trilogy Capital and Farallon Capital Management and then as founder of Stone Creek Partners, an investment affiliate of Tiger Management. Michael began his investment career in private equity at Thayer Capital and Riverstone Holdings after serving as an investment banking analyst at Bowles Hollowell Conner & Co.